# masse
## English
### Noun

masse (plural masses)
* Obsolete form of mass.

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed via German Masse from Latin massa (“lump, bulk”), which is itself a loan from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley bread”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /masə/, [ˈmasə]

### Noun

masse c (singular definite massen, plural indefinite masser)
* mass, pulp (a shapeless, thick substance)
* (in the definite singular or plural) multitude, crowd, mob (an anonymous group of people)
    Synonyms: folkemasse, hob
* (determiner, in the indefinite singular or plural) many, loads, a lot, lots (in the singular with the other noun as an apposition, in the plural with the preposition af)
    Der var en masse mennesker på gaden.There were lots people in the streets.
    Jeg har masser af ideer.I have many ideas.
* (physics) mass (quantity of matter in a body)

#### Declension
### References

* “masse” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mas/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”).

#### Noun

masse f (plural masses)
* a paste, a dough
* large amount or quantity of something; mass
* something perceived as a whole, without distinguishing its parts
* a sum or combination of things treated as a whole
* a majority, especially of people
* an archaic unit of count
* (finance, law) a sum of allotted money
* (physics) mass
* (electronics) earth, ground (of e.g. a plug)

##### Derived terms

* à la masse
* centre de masse
* de masse
* des masses
* en masse
* indice de masse corporelle
* masse atomique
* masse au repos
* masse d’air
* masse d’armes
* masse salariale
* pas des masses

##### Descendants

* → Romanian: masă

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

masse
* inflection of masser:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea (compare Occitan massa, Catalan maça, Italian mazza, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça), probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”).

#### Noun

masse f (plural masses)
* mace (weapon)
* a sledgehammer
* thick end of a billiards cue, mace

##### Related terms

* massue

### Further reading

* “masse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* semas

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin magis.

### Adverb

masse
* Too much

## Italian
### Noun

masse f pl
* plural of massa

### Anagrams

* Messa, messa

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman masse, from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza).

#### Alternative forms

* massa, mace, mas

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmas(ə)/

#### Noun

masse (plural massez)
* A lump, blob, or mass.
* A collection or mass of small objects that are fused together.
* (anatomy) blood (believed in medieval times to be a mixture of the four humours)

##### Related terms

* massy
* massif

##### Descendants

* English: mass
* Scots: mass
* Yola: messe

##### References

* “masse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

masse
* Alternative form of messe (“mass, religious service”)

##### Derived terms

* Childermasse

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

masse
* Alternative form of massy (“massy”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

masse
* Alternative form of mace (“mace”)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

masse
* Alternative form of mase (“a bewildering thought or thing”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin massa.

### Noun

masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural masser, definite plural massene)
* a mass

#### Derived terms

* atommasse
* biomasse
* landmasse
* luftmasse
* massemedium
* masseprodusere
* massevis
* tremasse

### References

* “masse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin massa.

### Noun

masse m (definite singular massen, indefinite plural massar, definite plural massane)
* a mass

#### Derived terms

* atommasse
* biomasse
* landmasse
* luftmasse
* massemedium
* massevis
* tremasse

### References

* “masse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Irish
### Noun

masse n
* Alternative spelling of maisse

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.si/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.si/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈma.se/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈma.sɨ/

### Noun

masse m (plural masses)
* (Mozambique) a drink made from sour milk
* (Mozambique) curdled milk

### References

* “masse”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025